What technical assistance for nonprofits covers, who provides it for free or for a fee, how it differs from capacity building and from coaching, and a four-line scope for asking a funder to pay for it.
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Nonprofit fund accounting for the executive director who signs the payroll: the two net asset classes under the 2016 standard, board-designated versus donor-restricted money, where restrictions show on the statements and Form 990, whether restricted money can cover payroll, and the four basics to ask your bookkeeper about.
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A nonprofit vision statement names the future your work is for. Nine examples, quoted from each organization’s own site and grouped by pattern, plus five steps to write yours with your board.
Nonprofit Vision Statement Examples and How to Write Your Own Read More »
A copyable executive director transition plan template for nonprofit boards, with an owner, a backup and a date for every step across five phases, from the private planning before the announcement to the first 90 days of the new executive director.
Executive Director Transition Plan Template for Nonprofit Boards Read More »
A step-by-step guide to nonprofit scenario planning for a small organization: three budget cases with a worked example, trigger points the board approves in advance, the human scenarios most plans skip and how often to update the plan.
What a nonprofit board treasurer does, drawn from BoardSource and the IRS: a sample monthly, quarterly and annual checklist, who decides what between the treasurer, the executive director and the board, a monthly meeting agenda, a handover for a new treasurer, what to do when the partnership strains, and whether a treasurer can be paid.
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A nonprofit SWOT analysis is worth running only if it ends in decisions. Who to invite, a five-step session, a sample grid for a fictional food pantry with its evidence, and how to cross the quadrants into two to four decisions.
Nonprofit SWOT Analysis: How to Run One That Leads to Decisions Read More »
What trust-based philanthropy means for the nonprofit on the other side of the grant: the six principles in plain terms, how to ask for general operating support, what reporting can look like, and how to ask for leadership support beyond the check.
Trust-Based Philanthropy: A Nonprofit Leader’s Guide to Asking and Reporting Read More »
A nonprofit sustainability plan in five sections, with a fill-in template, an illustrative example and the leadership continuity section most organizations have not written down.
Nonprofit Sustainability Plan: Template and Leadership Continuity Read More »
The warning signs a nonprofit board should take seriously, how to tell a wrong fit from an unsupported leader or a board-side problem, the four steps of Support Before Separation, and when it is time to part ways.
Signs of a Bad Executive Director (and When It Is Really a Support Problem) Read More »
